Pilots are responsible for every life on board a plane, an airline spokesperson said.
An Air Canada pilot is being praised for his actions after he diverted an international flight to save the life of a small dog traveling in the plane's cargo hold.
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French bulldog Simba was traveling in a crate on the flight between Tel Aviv and Toronto on Sunday when the pilot received a warning that one of the cargo hold's heaters had malfunctioned and the temperature had started to fall, City News reported.
"With the altitude it can become very uncomfortable, and possibly the situation could have been life threatening if the flight had continued," Fitzpatrick said.
With 232 passengers on board, the pilot made the decision to divert the plane to Frankfurt, where little Simba could be offloaded on to another flight.
SOURCE: BuzzFeed
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